2023

Singapore opens to stablecoins – once they jump through some hoops 16/08/2023 at 08:03 By Laura Dobberstein After regulators are done with them, providers will look a lot like boring old banks The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) endorsed the use of stablecoins on Tuesday, when it released a regulatory framework for the digital assets […]

Nearly 2,000 Citrix NetScaler Instances Hacked via Critical Vulnerability 16/08/2023 at 07:46 By Nearly 2,000 Citrix NetScaler instances have been compromised with a backdoor by weaponizing a recently disclosed critical security vulnerability as part of a large-scale attack. “An adversary appears to have exploited CVE-2023-3519 in an automated fashion, placing web shells on vulnerable NetScalers

South Korea ‘puts the brakes’ on Google’s app store dominance 16/08/2023 at 05:49 By Simon Sharwood Starts monitoring developer deals after first slapping the G-force with substantial fine South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission today commenced monitoring of Google’s app store operations – an action that follows its April decision to fine the advertising and mobile

Not call: Open source gurus urge you to dump Zoom 16/08/2023 at 03:10 By Thomas Claburn In footsteps of GiveUpGitHub, campaign follows AI ToS fiasco The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) is calling on free and open source software (FOSS) contributors to stop using Zoom video conferencing in light of the software maker’s terms-of-service scandal.… This

Clorox cleans up IT security breach that soaked its biz ops 16/08/2023 at 01:30 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Plus: Medical records for 4M people within reach of Clop gang after IBM MOVEit deployment hit The Clorox Company has some cleaning up to do as some of its IT systems remain offline and operations “temporarily impaired”

Watchdog vows crackdown on ‘harmful’ world of data-broker surveillance 16/08/2023 at 00:32 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Promise of action excites some, others wish America had Cali-style Delete Act for personal info Analysis  An American watchdog today said it will propose fresh rules governing the type of personal information data brokers can collect and sell –

Nikola recalls electric truck fleet over battery fires 15/08/2023 at 23:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo You can still drive ’em, but park outside for … OTA updates, says EV maker Electric semi truck maker Nikola’s fortunes just keep getting worse – after a couple dismal quarters, it’s now recalling nearly all of its battery electric vehicles

22% of BlackHat USA attendants believe AI takeover is already here 15/08/2023 at 23:16 By BlackHat USA attendants were surveyed by Delinea, finding that of 100 attendees polled, 54% said that “passwordless” is a viable concept. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AVX10: The benefits of AVX-512 without all the baggage 15/08/2023 at 23:04 By Tobias Mann Turns out bigger isn’t always better Since its introduction, AVX-512 has gotten a bit of bad rap for being hot, power hungry, and inconsistent in its implementation and feature set.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

US shovels cash into supercomputers hoping to stoke fusion future 15/08/2023 at 22:21 By Brandon Vigliarolo $112M for 12 projects announced on heels of LLNL’s second successful fusion ignition Fusion is hot right now – so hot that the US Department of Energy is dumping another $112 million into a dozen supercomputing projects to advance

80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office 15/08/2023 at 21:46 By Jude Karabus Or so says a worrying survey We’re all dumbasses walking around in adult clothes, but you’d hope that the managers in charge of ensuring the company does well and functions properly are relying on something a bit stronger than

Cybercriminals Abusing Cloudflare R2 for Hosting Phishing Pages, Experts Warn 15/08/2023 at 21:30 By Threat actors’ use of Cloudflare R2 to host phishing pages has witnessed a 61-fold increase over the past six months. “The majority of the phishing campaigns target Microsoft login credentials, although there are some pages targeting Adobe, Dropbox, and other cloud

Arizona highlights security measures for the new school year 15/08/2023 at 21:01 By In time with the new school year, the University of Arizona is highlighting some of their security measures, including additional access control. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Multiple Flaws Found in ScrutisWeb Software Exposes ATMs to Remote Hacking 15/08/2023 at 20:33 By Four security vulnerabilities in the ScrutisWeb ATM fleet monitoring software made by Iagona could be exploited to remotely break into ATMs, upload arbitrary files, and even reboot the terminals. The shortcomings were discovered by the Synack Red Team (SRT) following a client

Gelsinger: Intel should get more CHIPS Act funding than rivals 15/08/2023 at 20:07 By Dan Robinson And cool it on the export bans, pleads CEO – we want to sell fish, not fishing rods, to China Intel should benefit more from the US government’s $52 billion CHIPS Act largesse than some other companies building local